Cost

Subjects

Deadlines

Program Overview

The KIIS Spain II program offers you an opportunity to study advanced Spanish language in the charming city of Segovia. Homestays, the highlight of the program, provide you with an environment conducive to improving your language skills and cultural understanding. Segovia offers a weekly open-air market, picturesque plazas and cafes, as well as frequent musical and artistic events. The city´s proximity to Madrid, with its vast cultural offerings, make this location ideal for experiencing multiple dimensions of Spanish life.

Language Requirement: Yes, must have at least 18 credit hours of college-level Spanish or equivalent at time of departure.All courses are taught in Spanish.

Accommodations: Homestay, 2-3 students per house.

Orientation: Mandatory orientation on Saturday, April 18 in Bowling Green, KY. See Orientation for more information.

Courses

SPAN 373 Spanish Civilization & Culture

In this course, students will become acquainted with the historical and cultural background of Spain and its people from Roman colonization to the present. All class discussions, assignments, and exams will be completed in Spanish.

SPAN 455-1 Topics: Cultural Tourism in Spain

The course examines Spain’s tourism industry with an emphasis on cultural tourism and the diversity of cultures and people that make Spain a particularly popular and accessible destination. Readings, reflections, and hands-on tour projects will aim to build knowledge, skills, and attitudes that promote intercultural sensitivity.

SPAN 455-2 Topics: Phonetics

In this class, you will study the sound patterns of Spanish and work on improving your own pronunciation. Through analysis, imitation, and practice, you will be able to identify major differences and similarities between the sound systems of North American English and Spanish.

SPAN 470 Advanced Oral Spanish

This course develops greater fluency, lexical expansion, grammatical accuracy, and better pronunciation of Spanish by reading authentic texts, exploring the local community, interviewing host family members, and sharing both written and oral reports of these experiences with the class.

All KIIS course credit is awarded by Western Kentucky University. Prior to your KIIS program, please speak with your home campus academic advisor and/or study abroad office to determine course equivalencies. Grades will be transferred to your home institution in mid-August after the completion of the program. Course offerings are subject to change according to enrollment. For more information, visit Transcripts & Grades.

Program Excursions

The group travels by public bus to Madrid and learns about taking the subway to the center of the city. We take a walking tour including the Palacio Real, Plaza Mayor, Puerta del Sol, Prado Museum, and other key monuments, finishing at lunchtime. You may explore further, go to museums, or enjoy the Retiro Park.

We begin our walking tour in Salamanca with two cathedrals next to the Río Tormes. Other highlights include the university, established in the thirteenth century, and the Plaza Mayor. The group enjoys free time to have lunch, go to the market or ascend the cathedral tower for amazing views before continuing on to Avila.

We visit the cathedral and learn about the architecture and artwork, including many works by El Greco. We then walk through the Jewish neighborhood, visiting the Santa María la Blanca Synagogue. During free time, you can explore more, shop, and try the city’s specialty, marzipan.

To help you budget, keep in mind that you are responsible for the cost of your textbooks & materials, passport fees ($135), personal expenses (approx. $700 minimum), independent travel ($850, optional) and any fees from your college/university.

Although KIIS tries to foresee all possible expenses in formulating program fees, please note that dramatic fluctuations in foreign currency valuations and/or airline surcharges may affect the total cost of the program.

Group Flight

Estimated Cost: $1,550- $1,650

The KIIS Spain II program offers a group flight option where you can travel to/from Spain with other students and faculty. If you choose this option, KIIS will purchase a roundtrip flight ticket for you. The flight cost will be added to your final program fee on April 1. The group flight will depart from Cincinnati or Louisville and fly to Madrid, Spain where the group will then travel together to Segovia, Spain.

If not selecting the group flight, you are responsible to purchase your individual flight.

The flight to Madrid, Spain is overnight arriving the following morning. On the return, the flight from Spain to the USA departs and arrives on the same day. Visit Flights and Passports & Visas for more information.

Student Voices

“Living with a host family was a very rewarding experience because I had to learn how to [communicate] with a family that had a very different culture than me as well as spoke a different language. It was challenging at times, but my host mom was very caring with my roommate and I, understanding with the language barrier, and hilarious.”

- BayLeigh, Spain II

“This experience was so worthwhile. It not only helped me to improve my Spanish speaking and reading skills, but it allowed me to experience firsthand what living in another country was like. This journey has shaped my view of the world and the people in it in a way that could have not been done if I had just remained sitting in my desk back in the states.”

- Savannah, Spain II

“My favorite experience was going to El Palacio de La Granja, which is a palace right outside Segovia. Everything was decorated so extravagantly, both the inside as well as the gardens. We went on one of the only days that they turned on the water in the fountains in the summer.”

- Carroll, Spain II

“I woke up one day there, and I heard guitar music playing outside, I saw hot air balloons flying outside my window, and I smelled authentic Spanish food from the market outdoors. And I thought ‘wow, you just can't get the same traveling experience without having a program like this.”

- Grace, Spain II

“I chose to study abroad in Spain because I wanted to travel to Europe and KIIS offered 6 transferable credit hours that went towards my Spanish major. Studying abroad in Spain is one of my most beautiful memories and I would do anything to relive it one more time with the beautiful people I met along the way.”

Cost

Subjects

Deadlines

Program Overview

The KIIS Spain II program offers you an opportunity to study advanced Spanish language in the charming city of Segovia. Homestays, the highlight of the program, provide you with an environment conducive to improving your language skills and cultural understanding. Segovia offers a weekly open-air market, picturesque plazas and cafes, as well as frequent musical and artistic events. The city´s proximity to Madrid, with its vast cultural offerings, make this location ideal for experiencing multiple dimensions of Spanish life.

Language Requirement: Yes, must have at least 18 credit hours of college-level Spanish or equivalent at time of departure.All courses are taught in Spanish.

Accommodations: Homestay, 2-3 students per house.

Orientation: Mandatory orientation on Saturday, April 18 in Bowling Green, KY. See Orientation for more information.

Courses

SPAN 373 Spanish Civilization & Culture

In this course, students will become acquainted with the historical and cultural background of Spain and its people from Roman colonization to the present. All class discussions, assignments, and exams will be completed in Spanish.

SPAN 455-1 Topics: Cultural Tourism in Spain

The course examines Spain’s tourism industry with an emphasis on cultural tourism and the diversity of cultures and people that make Spain a particularly popular and accessible destination. Readings, reflections, and hands-on tour projects will aim to build knowledge, skills, and attitudes that promote intercultural sensitivity.

SPAN 455-2 Topics: Phonetics

In this class, you will study the sound patterns of Spanish and work on improving your own pronunciation. Through analysis, imitation, and practice, you will be able to identify major differences and similarities between the sound systems of North American English and Spanish.

SPAN 470 Advanced Oral Spanish

This course develops greater fluency, lexical expansion, grammatical accuracy, and better pronunciation of Spanish by reading authentic texts, exploring the local community, interviewing host family members, and sharing both written and oral reports of these experiences with the class.

All KIIS course credit is awarded by Western Kentucky University. Prior to your KIIS program, please speak with your home campus academic advisor and/or study abroad office to determine course equivalencies. Grades will be transferred to your home institution in mid-August after the completion of the program. Course offerings are subject to change according to enrollment. For more information, visit Transcripts & Grades.

Program Excursions

The group travels by public bus to Madrid and learns about taking the subway to the center of the city. We take a walking tour including the Palacio Real, Plaza Mayor, Puerta del Sol, Prado Museum, and other key monuments, finishing at lunchtime. You may explore further, go to museums, or enjoy the Retiro Park.

We begin our walking tour in Salamanca with two cathedrals next to the Río Tormes. Other highlights include the university, established in the thirteenth century, and the Plaza Mayor. The group enjoys free time to have lunch, go to the market or ascend the cathedral tower for amazing views before continuing on to Avila.

We visit the cathedral and learn about the architecture and artwork, including many works by El Greco. We then walk through the Jewish neighborhood, visiting the Santa María la Blanca Synagogue. During free time, you can explore more, shop, and try the city’s specialty, marzipan.

To help you budget, keep in mind that you are responsible for the cost of your textbooks & materials, passport fees ($135), personal expenses (approx. $700 minimum), independent travel ($850, optional) and any fees from your college/university.

Although KIIS tries to foresee all possible expenses in formulating program fees, please note that dramatic fluctuations in foreign currency valuations and/or airline surcharges may affect the total cost of the program.

Group Flight

Estimated Cost: $1,550- $1,650

The KIIS Spain II program offers a group flight option where you can travel to/from Spain with other students and faculty. If you choose this option, KIIS will purchase a roundtrip flight ticket for you. The flight cost will be added to your final program fee on April 1. The group flight will depart from Cincinnati or Louisville and fly to Madrid, Spain where the group will then travel together to Segovia, Spain.

If not selecting the group flight, you are responsible to purchase your individual flight.

The flight to Madrid, Spain is overnight arriving the following morning. On the return, the flight from Spain to the USA departs and arrives on the same day. Visit Flights and Passports & Visas for more information.

Student Voices

“Living with a host family was a very rewarding experience because I had to learn how to [communicate] with a family that had a very different culture than me as well as spoke a different language. It was challenging at times, but my host mom was very caring with my roommate and I, understanding with the language barrier, and hilarious.”

- BayLeigh, Spain II

“This experience was so worthwhile. It not only helped me to improve my Spanish speaking and reading skills, but it allowed me to experience firsthand what living in another country was like. This journey has shaped my view of the world and the people in it in a way that could have not been done if I had just remained sitting in my desk back in the states.”

- Savannah, Spain II

“My favorite experience was going to El Palacio de La Granja, which is a palace right outside Segovia. Everything was decorated so extravagantly, both the inside as well as the gardens. We went on one of the only days that they turned on the water in the fountains in the summer.”

- Carroll, Spain II

“I woke up one day there, and I heard guitar music playing outside, I saw hot air balloons flying outside my window, and I smelled authentic Spanish food from the market outdoors. And I thought ‘wow, you just can't get the same traveling experience without having a program like this.”

- Grace, Spain II

“I chose to study abroad in Spain because I wanted to travel to Europe and KIIS offered 6 transferable credit hours that went towards my Spanish major. Studying abroad in Spain is one of my most beautiful memories and I would do anything to relive it one more time with the beautiful people I met along the way.”